Type-setting apparatus.



No. 64|,3|0. Patented 1an. I6, |900. l

A. A. Low.

TYPE SETTING APPARATUS.

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No. 64|,3I0. Patented 1an. I6, |900. A. A. LOW.

TYPE SETTING APPARATUS.

:Application filed Feb. 27, 1899., l

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TYPE SETTING APPARATUS.

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ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE ALDEN TYPE MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TYPE-SETTING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming1 part of Letters Patent No. 641,310, dated January 16, 1900. Application filed February 27, 1899. Serial No. 706,908. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that LABBOT AUGUSTUS Low, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Setting Apparatus, of 4which the following is a specification, sufficient to enable others skilled inthe art to which the invention appcrtains to make and use the same.

My improvements relate to type-setting apparatus in which a plurality of types are forwarded successively into position for removal by hand by means of a reciprocating pusher. Especially does my present invention relate to the form of automatic setter-case in which a comparatively thin vertical blade is used for the purpose of detaching and advancing the lowest types in a column. The comparatively thin vertical pusher is especially adapted to type-cases in which a plurality of types are forwarded simultaneously from the containing-channel, the pusher-blade projecting more or less through the bottom of the channel, according to the number of types to be forwarded at each reciprocation of the pusher.

By the use of the .thin-blade pusher of less thickness than the width of the type the bottom of the channel may be formed on one side with a type-floor or supporting-shoulder, which affords a practical advantage in handling the channels with the types therein. Furthermore, by the use of a narrow pusherblade bearing upon one side only of the heels of the types to be forwarded the types are thrust toward the opposite side wall of the channel, thereby eecting and maintaining a perfect alinement.

An objection to the use of the thin-blade pusher which I seek to overcome by my invention is the fact that as heretofore constructed it does not afford adequate support to the column of types above it duringits presence in the channel, since the lowest type in the remainder of the column from which those required types are being or -have been forwarded is sustained only on one side, thereby endangering the alinelnent and integrity of the column above.

The leading,r feature of my present invenin the blade-pusher, as hereinbefore set forth,

and at the same time prevent any disturbance or derangement in the column of types in the channel above. The increased bearing of the `flanged edge of the pusher-blade on the heel of the uppermost type to be detached and forwarded from the column above is also advantageous in overcoming frictional resistance, stickiness, dac., between said type and that next above.

My invention also includes certain other features of special construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a plan of the channel, holder, and adjoining parts of a type-oase embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an isometrical view of my improved form of pusher-blade. Fig. 3 is a front view of my improved form of pusherblade and'its reciprocating slide. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the reciprocating slide; Fig. 5, a horizontal section thereof upon plane of line 5 5, Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a horizontal section upon plane of line 6 6, Fig. 4; Fig. 7, a rear elevation of the reciprocating slide. Fig. 8 is an isometrical View of the rear lower portion of a type-containing channel. Fig."9 is a sectional elevation upon plane of line 9 9, Fig. 13, showing the pusher retracted and adjusted to forward asingle type. Fig. 10 is a similar view upon plane of line 10 l0, Fig. 12,r

showing the pusher in the forward position and arranged to forward two types. Fig. 11 is asimilar view upon plane of line 11 l1, Fig. 14, with the pusher in its retracted position and adjusted to forward three types; Fig. 12, a vertical section on plane of line 12 l2, Fig. 10; Fig. 13, asectional elevation on plane of line 13 13, Fig. 9; Fig. 14, a similar View upon plane of line 14: 14, Fig. 1l.

I haveherein shown and described parts of an automatic type-case which are essential to an understanding of my invention, certain parts being broken away or omitted.

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C is a type-containing channel supported in a holder Hon the table T. The lower end of the spine c of the channel C is slotted for the admission of the pusher-blade P, the slot c' extending from the side wall upon one side a suitable distance, but leaving a portion c2 of the spine intact. The rear of the holder H is also formed to give the blade P access to the channel.

The channel C is formed at its lower extremity with a type-shoulder c3, extending from one side wall, but leaving a slot c4 between its edge and the opposed wall for the passage of the pusher-blade, the parts being preferably arranged so that the pusher reciprocates against or adjoining to the left side wall of the channel.

S is a reciprocating slide, actuated through the medium of the pitman lm. by automatic clutch mechanism similar to that heretofore employed for advancing and retracting the pusher or by equivalent mechanism, This slide is confined and kept in alinement by the parallel walls t t and by the supporting-floor i'. It is formed with a longitudinal vertical groove s for the reception of the lowerportion of the pusher-blade P.

The pusher-blade P, as hereinbefore indicated, enters the channel on one side adjoining one side wall of the channel. It is formed at :its upper edge with a lateral flange or eX- tension p, projecting toward the opposite side wall of the channel. This flange or typeshoulder p is designed to aord asupport for the type above the pusher, exceeding cnehalf the width of a type at least, so as to prevent the turning of the types upon their longitudinal axes, and it bears upon the heel of the highest type of the plurality to be forwarded.

Set-screwsl s' s', countersunk in the side walls of the slide S, bind the pusher=blade in any prescribed vertical position. The vertical adjustment of the blade is effected by means of Vertical screws s2 s2, also countersunk in the slide S, as will be understood by reference to Fig. 13. It will thus be seen that the pusher-blade P' may be set for one, two, three, or more types, as illustrated in Figs. 9, 10, 11, and 13, without any change in the relative arrangement of any of the other parts of the apparatus, excepting the front guard F, which may be of any well-known construction, the slot c inthe spine of the channel extending upward the required distance to admit of the required scope of adj ustment. I thus not only adapt the device to the requirements of different sizes and fonts of types, but also provide for its use as a wordcase, in which a plurality of types are forwarded simultaneously into position for removal to the compositors stick.

The advantage of supporting the column of type upon the comparatively broad lateral flange of the pusher is obvious, while the increased bearing against the heel of the type which is being severed from the column pre vents lateral binding and strain during the operation.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In acompositors type-case substantially such as designated, the combination of atypecontaining channel formed with a type-licor at its lower extremity of less width than the width of a type to be used, a vertical pu'sherblade of less thickness than the width of said type, said pusher-blade being formed with a lateral flange at its upper edge projecting over the said type-floor of the channel when the pusher is in the latter, and means for reciprocating said pusher-blade, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. In a compositors type-case substantially such as designated, the combination of the typecontaining channel C, formed with a slotted type-floor c3, at its lower extremity,-

the vertical pusher-blade P, formed with the lateral extension 19,0n its upper edge, the slide S, lformed with the Vertical slot s, and provided with the adjusting and set screws s2, s2, s', and means for vreciprocating said slide S, for the purpose and substantially in the manner set forth. l

ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW. Witnesses:

GEO. WM. MIATT, D. W. GARDNER. 

